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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Midwife's Apprentice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alyce dream about at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The birth.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Jane dying.

2. Why does the midwife sometimes refuse to help an expectant mother?
(a) If the mother has hurt or betrayed her in the past.
(b) If she is too tired.
(c) If the mother is carrying a child out of wedlock.
(d) If she will not be paid for her services.

3. What color is Will's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Blond.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

4. What does Alyce do on the way to the village in Chapter 17?
(a) Skips.
(b) Sings.
(c) Dances.
(d) Hums.

5. Who stops the boys in the village from taunting the protagonist in Chapter 1?
(a) A young, pretty woman.
(b) A woman of average age and looks.
(c) An old lady gardening nearby.
(d) The preacher's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jane slap the miller's wife in Chapter 4?

2. How many days pass before Beetle sees the cat alive and well again in Chapter 2?

3. What is carved on the comb that Beetle admires?

4. Where does Beetle often sit while a birth is taking place?

5. Why does Beetle call the miller's wife a cow?

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